Fortnite’s Item Shop Looks Very Different Right Now; It’s Empty [Update]

Update: As of 11:15 AM PT / 2:15 PM ET, this issue appears to be resolved–and just in time for Mace Windu to hit the shop tonight.

Original story: The Fortnite item shop has ballooned in recent years. In 2018 or so, you might find a new character skin, or “outfit,” in there a few times per week. These days, it’s a megastore full of licensed music, muscle cars, virtual Lego playsets, Marvel heroes, and even the protagonist of a 1970s Mexican superhero sitcom, for reasons that still elude me to this day. But today the shop looks very different: It’s almost entirely empty.

As you might expect, this isn’t intentional, and Epic has said it’s working on a fix, but it’s rather jarring to see the shop so devoid of in-game purchases, given how many tabs of colorful digital toys it’s usually lined with these days.

The only things for sale currently are the few items purchased with local currency rather than V-Bucks, as well as the level skips for the Fortnite Star Wars battle pass. This includes things like a Fortnite Crew subscription, and “starter packs” that tend to include a few bundled items for cheap. Everything else has vanished like your total crowns on a season launch day.

It’s unclear what has caused this error, but it may be related to Epic’s continued woes surrounding the item shop. Since its user experience overhaul, the Fortnite virtual store has routinely expressed some confusing, often slightly comical, problems. Then again, perhaps today’s issue comes as the result of some advantageous changes to the Epic Games Store, which will now see players getting back 20% of their money spent V-Bucks purchases through Epic directly, as the company gears up to get Fortnite back on iOS around the globe.

Whatever the cause of today’s slip-up, it’s likely to be resolved soon, so don’t fret; the TikTok dances, anthropomorphic fruit, and Rocket League imports will return.